Pearland letter carrier robbed at gunpoint on route

By Carol Christian

Updated 2:54 pm, Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Police are looking for suspect who robbed a Pearland letter carrier of $62 at gunpoint Monday afternoon in the Shadow Creek Ranch subdivision, officials said.

The carrier was approaching a cluster of residential mail boxes in the 12300 block of Shady Brook about 12:10 p.m., when an armed man wearing a bandana demanded his wallet, said Dionne Montague, U.S. Postal Service spokeswoman for the Houston area.

Brandishing a black semiautomatic handgun, the robber told the carrier, "Don't say a word. Get in the truck," according to a report from the Pearland Police Department.

The robber demanded the carrier's wallet, took out the cash and returned the wallet to the postal worker, police said.

Dressed in a black sweatsuit, the gunman walked away from the scene, heading toward Ashbrook Lane.

During a shelter-in-place period, all entrances to the campus are secured and no one is allowed to enter the building, the note said. The shelter-in-place lasted only about 10 minutes, the school district said.